Spirocodon is a monotypic genus of hydrozoans with Spirocodon saltatrix as the only species in the genus. It is found in the north-western Pacific Ocean, and was first described in 1818 by the German naturalist and explorer Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau.
References
- ^ Schuchert, Peter (2015). “Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius, 1818)”. WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Schuchert, Peter (2015). “Spirocodon Haeckel, 1880″. WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
Further reading
- Ohtsu, K. (1 March 1983). “UV-visible antagonism in extraocular photosensitive neurons of the anthomedusa, Spirocodon saltatrix (Tilesius)”. Journal of Neurobiology. 14 (2): 145–155. doi:10.1002/neu.480140206. ISSN 0022-3034. PMID 6132962.